Episode 9: Does Yoga Need A Tight Core? with Hannah Barrett

Will Yoga fix it all? Do you need to engage your core in Yoga? Hannah Barrett shares her journey with the core and how valuable pelvic floor training will be in schools for adolescent girls. She discusses the nuances in core engagement cues and the problems in ingraining that narrative to adolescents. As someone who habitually still holds the core tight involuntarily, she emphasizes the importance of task-specific core engagements, and debunks several myths about core activation. Furthermore, Hannah addresses anxiety and her thoughts on the strict practice of Ashtanga. Then, she moves onto her expertise with pregnancy and the significance of training the pelvic floor for labor, as well as the power of pausing. Finally, she shares her experience during lockdown and leaves you with a valuable takeaway.

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